pyx
/pɪks/noun
1
- Christian Church the container in which the consecrated bread of the Eucharist is kept【基督教】圣饼盒, 圣餐盒。
2
- (in the UK) a box at the Royal Mint in which specimen gold and silver coins are deposited to be tested annually at the trial of the pyx by members of the Goldsmiths' Company（英国）硬币样品盒（皇家造币厂用以存放待验金银币）。
词源
late Middle English: from Latin pyxis, from Greek puxis 'box'.